Spring Break has Arrived!

We had a busy weekend here at the Farr household. On Saturday Nick's sister Katie, my mom, and I threw a shower for Nick's youngest sister, Kayla. Most of the day on Saturday we spent cleaning and working out in the yard to try and get our house in shape to have company. Thanks to Mimi for watching B. We quickly found out Saturday morning that the kind of cleaning we were doing is impossible with a two year old around. The shower was great, and Kayla and Justin got lots of nice things.

This morning we went to church and B had a blast at Sunday school. When we asked her what she learned she said she learned about, "Mary!" She also got a huge palm leaf to wave around. She had a fantastic time walking through the church swinging that thing at everyone. She also keeps randomly shouting out "Jesus" for no apparent reason. I guess this means she was paying attention.

Here are a few pics of us as we were leaving this morning:

After church we pulled into the driveway only to discover it was covered with five HUGE boxes. I immediately thought that the UPS man had made a big mistake and that Nick and I were going to have to drag those things to a neighbor's house. Once I got out of the car I realized that it was a new playground set for B. Hmmmm, so that is the reason Dad wouldn't answer the phone this morning! I called Mom and Dad and with a big thank you for Brooklynn's new playground.

We are very interested to see how long it will take Nick to put all of this together:

After all of the morning excitement we headed to Kid's Planet to meet up with Gram, Aunt Katie, Uncle Jason and Marlee for an Easter egg hunt. Unfortunately we had our timing wrong and were an hour early. After about 20 minutes I could tell that B was tired and getting red (she unfortunately gets her fair and sensitive skin from me) so we opted to head on home for a nap. No worries though, more Easter egg hunts to come this week!

Good Old Fashioned Research

How do kids get to the fourth grade and not know how to use an encyclopedia? I love the Internet, but sometimes you just need a reference book. Yes, yes, I know that I am the grand-daughter and daughter of two fabulous librarians, but I just can't believe that kids don't know how to look up a person or battle in an encyclopedia!

You may be wondering what caused me to jump on my soap box all the sudden. Well, my class has started research projects, and it has been a challenge. I guess it is difficult for teachers to teach research skills without the proper materials in their classrooms.

I have been successful with two Donor's Choose projects this year, thanks to the help of many of you. Now I'm trying for a set of encyclopedias for my classroom. I have 5 months to raise over 500 dollars. Why are encyclopedias so darn expensive?!? You can follow our progress on the blog! I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Nana Brown would be proud! ;)

Boo Boo Buddy

Tonight as Nick was getting Brooklynn into her jammies, she grabbed the lightbulb. Ouch! She wasn't very happy to discover that it was hot! After trying to calm her down, I realized that the Boo Boo Buddy that has been chilling in the fridge for two years can finally be put to good use. Brooklynn was intrigued by the Boo Boo Buddy and it did the trick.

Pitiful

Boo Boo Buddy to the rescue

Feeling better!

Family Circle Cup Fun!

Last year about this time I started pestering Nick to take me to the Family Circle Cup. It took him about 9 months to finally agree to buy tickets (for Valentine's Day) and this weekend the event FINALLY rolled around!

Nick and I headed to Daniel Island on Friday night. We had tickets to the singles and doubles semi-finals on Saturday and the finals for both on Sunday. We got there a little early Saturday morning, so we started roaming around the grounds. You can imagine my excitement when we walked up on this:

Caroline Wozniacki, the number one ranked female tennis player in the world.

I'm sure that I had the biggest grin on my face for the entire 45 minutes she practiced. We were actually this close!! Stupid me left the zoom lens in Greenville, but I didn't even need it!

She signed autographs for anyone and everyone afterwards. Of course, I had nothing for her to sign, and Nick wouldn't give up his Texas Rangers hat.

Go Caroline! She ended up winning the whole tournament, and we got to watch her practice before her match on Sunday as well.

Nick cheesing at the practice courts!

Grinning and loving every minute!

Later on Saturday afternoon we watched Caroline play Jelena Jankovic (former world number one). I was super excited about this match.

Caroline and Jankovic walking out onto the court.

Saturday night we had tickets to a mixed doubles match with John McEnore and Chris Evert vs. Tod Martin and Martina Navratilova. Nick got us third row seats!

Chris and Johnny Mac

Tod and Martina

Hello, Johnny!

My favorite tennis player of all time, Johnny Mac! And yes, this was the highlight of the trip, and no Nick still wouldn't give me his Texas Rangers hat for an autograph. His argument was that McEnroe would refuse to sign it since he is a Yankees fan. I'm pretty sure I could have persuaded McEnroe.

Nick and I had such a fabulous time. We both can't wait to go back next year, and hopefully in a few more years Brooklynn can join us!

A Week of Fun

Brooklynn has had such an exciting week. Monday she got to feed the ducks at the lake which she loves! Yesterday Pops, Mimi, Aunt Shay, Aunt Meredith and cousin Kylie picked B up and they all spent the afternoon at Monkee Joe's. I think B's favorite part was going down the gigantic slide with Pops and Mimi! She had a blast. Then Nick, Uncle Blake, Aunt Kaley, and I all met up with them for dinner at Don Pablo's. B was exhausted last night. Tonight we met up with Pops and Mimi again for dinner and then headed home for an early bed time.

This weekend B is on her way to Rabun Gap with Pops and Mimi to go to the Dillard House petting zoo and to Goats on the Roof! She sure is a busy girl.

Ducks

When I picked Brooklynn up from school today we headed to the lake to feed the ducks with Mimi!

Daddy Daughter Weekend

Well this weekend just flew by too quickly. Saturday morning Mom, Blake and I headed down to Cartersville for Kaley's first shower! We got to spend some time with her family, see the place she and Blake are getting married and choose the site for their rehearsal dinner. Mom and I came back early this morning.

Nick and Brooklynn had a Daddy Daughter weekend and boy did B have a great time. Yesterday they went to the zoo and B had a blast seeing all the animals and playing on the playground.

Here is a picture of B all ready to leave for the zoo! Yes, she is still wearing that hat.

Two more weeks until spring break!